RT Article
T1 Moral Drift and the American Psychological Association: The Road to Torture
JF Social justice
VO 37
IS 2/3
SP 175
OP 182
A1 Welch, Bryant L.
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747156353
AB The article focuses on the efforts of the American Psychological Association (APA) to support the U.S. government in using torture in the War on Terror. Topics include the use of psychological expertise by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to justify torture of detainees, ethical questions surrounding the involvement of APA psychologists in U.S. interrogations, and the lack of leadership in the APA to speak out against torture. It is suggested that APA psychologists did not think independently from the U.S. military and followed the Bush administration in supporting torture.
K1 American Psychological Association
K1 Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
K1 Ethics
K1 Military interrogation
K1 Psychology
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
K1 Prisoners abuse -- United States
K1 Torture
K1 Psychologists